‘Obvious Bluff Makes US Look Incredibly Weak’: Trump Is Criticized for Latest Tweets on North Korea

Trump Has No Idea What He’s Doing, and It’s Endangering Americans’ Lives

After posting tweets Sunday morning in response to North Korea’s successful test of a highly-powerful nuclear device just before midnight Saturday night, President Donald Trump was widely mocked and criticized by nuclear and foreign policy experts. In tweeting about the crisis, Trump ignored White House aides – likely his Chief of Staff John Kelly – who told the media the White House would be releasing an official statement on North Korea’s nuclear test. 

So, President Trump blew his first response to North Korea’s latest provocative act today.

Sunday afternoon, President Trump again took to Twitter, telegraphing his ideas about how he’s supposedly going to handle the growing crisis.

“I will be meeting General Kelly, General Mattis and other military leaders at the White House to discuss North Korea. Thank you,” he tweeted. 

“The United States is considering, in addition to other options, stopping all trade with any country doing business with North Korea,” Trump added.

That should create some very interesting changes to the U.S. economy, since China is both our number one trading partner, and North Korea’s number one trading partner.

So again, the U.S. president is being widely mocked and criticized.

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Here’s what the former United States Ambassador for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe had to say:

Yes, once again, why isn’t the Secretary of State involved? Is Trump letting his personal anger at Rex Tillerson get in the way of securing safety for America?

An MSNBC producer notes this is a big threat to make publicly:

And this London School of Economics Fellow responded to the China component, then offered perhaps some of the most blistering criticism: 

Brookings Institute Senior Fellow, Author of All Measures Short of War:

POLITICO Chief Economic Correspondent:

A Council on Foreign Relations Fellow:

Conservative pundit:

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Trump Tweets Embarrassing Response to Powerful North Korea Nuclear Test, Gets Condemned and Mocked

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